Hi John,
I'll send you some more stuff offline on Konica M lenses. But to get
back to the point, rather than directly argue why you should switch to the
Oly, I'll simply state the high points of why I choose the Olympus as one of
my main systems:
* WORLD CLASS LENSES--without which all else is moot. The 3
I am especially fond of are the 21F3.5, 28F3.5 and 100F2.0.
The latter is unique in that it focuses to almost 2 feet, allowing
"eyes only" portraits and part time macro, is extremely sharp,
and has the best "bokeh" of any lens in my collection. While my
OM fifties are very good (1.4 + 2 x 1.8s), I still plan to add
the
OM 50F2.0 macro (which is as highly regarded as the 50 Summicron)
and the 50F1.2 (also highly regarded).
* The OM4/4T cameras have the best combined features of any
camera known to me--extremely quiet shutter, multi spot metering,
mirror lock up w/aperture prefire, and small/low key/unobtrusive
appearance make this a superb urban street/Jazz club/people/
travel/stage camera.
* The only major weakness--lack of APO lenses in the 180-400 range
is offset by the availability of the Tamron 180F2.5, 80-200F2.8
and
400F4.0 LD lenses in adaptall mount for OM.
Alex
In a message dated 2000-01-21 8:57:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jpendley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
<< Thanks, Alex. This is a real--and pleasant--surprise. Do you know if
there's
anything on the net about the Konicas? Someone else sent me a link for
Voigtlander.
John
ALEXSCIFI@xxxxxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 2000-01-21 4:49:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> jpendley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> << Thanks for the tip, Doris; I didn't know anything about these new
lenses.
> Actually, there are two main reasons I am considering Olympus. One is how
> small and light they are; the main one is the reputation for optical
> quality. I doubt that Konica optics would be up to Oly (or Leica
> standards). Do you disagree?
> Thanks again
> John
> >>
> Hi John,
>
> I must respectively disagree. The Konica M lenses are getting very
good
> to rave reviews as are the Cosina Bessa lenses. The following is a post
from
> the LUG (Leica Users Group):
>
> Alex
>
> A tip to European LUGers:
> I just got the latest issue of the German FotoMagazin in
> my mailbox (February issue).
> They have a 2 page article with pictures of the Bessa R,
> and tests of the 25-35-50-75 mm lenses. The lenses got
> splendid results:
>
> Skopar 25/4.0 (9.8)
> Ultron 35/1.7 (9.6)
> Nokton 50/1.5 (9.0)
> Heliar 75/2.5 (9.8)
>
> For reference, some M-lenses:
> Summicron 35/2.0 non-asph (9.4)
> Summilux 50/1.4 (9.2)
> Summicron 50/2.0 (9.6)
> Elmarit 90/2.8 (9.6)
>
> In short, terrific results for the new Bessa lenses...
>
> [There is also a comparison of R-lenses and Zeiss lenses
> (for Contax SLR:s)]
>
> A Bessa R is reported to cost less than 2000 DM
> (complete with either the 35 or 50 mm lens). A black
> 75/2.5 will cost 849 DM, according to www.ringfoto.de
> (They have not updated with Bessa R info yet).
> I am not so keen on the Konica Hexar, as I like manual
> wind lever better than a noisy winder on this type of
> camera. But the Bessa R & lenses is really nice, I
> think!
>
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